Editorial and other miscellaneous items.
Mammals. Birds. Even lizards are celebrated on Earth Day. Often wildflowers are overlooked. Certain years the Llano Estacado gets the right weather conditions with rains, warmer temperatures, and lesser freezing days. Those conditions come together bringing the sandy soils to life with a magical carpet of primroses, spectacle pods, scrambled eggs, Tahoka daisy, and beeblossom…
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The Llano Estacado is smiling now with blooms of wildflowers. Rose Heath is one of the first blooms of spring here in the Llano. They are often in small patches of fewer than twenty blooms. It is rare sight to see such a beautiful specimen like this of a hundred blooms or more. Yes, yes,…
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Came home yesterday and saw my purple bearded iris had bloomed. My heart smiled. This set of irises came from a patch in Foard County, Texas. Purple irises were planted long ago by the wives of early ranchers and farmers, especially those of Dutch or German descendant living here in Texas. My own great great,…
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Yesterday, was miles and miles of wheat with splashes of Oenothera growing in the built up sand dunes here in West Texas. Perfect quote for inspiration: “If you want to be happy, be.” Leo Tolstoy Wildflowers do exist in this region. They make me happy. Always will! What makes you happy?
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Forgotten Winds 